We have received a very attractive little book called "Uncle Robert's
Visit," which is the third part of the series of books called "Uncle
Robert's Geography." It is published by the Messrs. Appleton in their
series of Home-Reading Books, and presents nature study and geographical
knowledge in the most attractive form, being woven in a story of "Uncle
Robert's Visit" to the farm. This particular uncle, like some others we
have known, was a fund of information and a source of delight to the
nephews and nieces. He went about with them in the fields and woods,
and, without forcing it on them in any way, so ordered the conversation
that they learned much of nature on each trip. These uncles are
treasures, and to those who cannot have them always with them, to read
of some one else's uncle in this attractive form is charming.
The book is well made, a handy size, with a colored frontispiece showing
the farmhouse; it is illustrated throughout in a practical way which
cannot fail to interest children.
("Uncle Robert's Visit," Home Reading Books: D. Appleton & Co., 1897; 50
cents.)
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We wish to acknowledge the receipt of a new and illustrated edition of
the old favorite, "Gypsy Year at the Golden Crescent," by Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps, illustrated by Mary Fairman Clarke.
(Dodd, Mead & Co., $1.50.)